Autophagy and mechanisms of effective immunity.
Macroautophagy (autophagy) is a cellular pathway facilitating several critical functions. First, by acting to ensure the degradation of damaged cellular content, autophagy is an important mechanism of intracellular homeostasis. Second, autophagy is a major trafficking pathway, shuttling content betw...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-04-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00060/full |